Museum attendance in England 2024

According to a study by the United Kingdom's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the share of adults who visited a museum or gallery in the past 12 months in England increased significantly in 2023/2024 over the previous fiscal year. That said, it remained below the figures reported before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, in 2023/2024, 43 percent of surveyed adults reported visiting a museum or gallery over the previous year.

Share of adults who visited a museum or gallery in the last 12 months in England from 2005 to 2024

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Release date

July 2024

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2005 to 2024

Number of respondents

76,698²

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

fiscal years running April to March

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

¹ Data until 2019/2020 refer to the Taking Part Survey. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020/2021 survey was not published resulting in a break in the survey time series. In October 2021, the DCMS launched the Participation Survey. Data for 2021/2022 refer to the period from October 2021 to March 2022. The source mentions that due to changes in the survey methodologies, it is not possible to make direct comparisons between the figures of the Taking Part Survey and the Participation Survey.

² Survey sample for 2023/2024. The number of respondents for previous years was as follows:

2022/2023 = 11,408;
2021/2022 = 8,203;
2019/2020 = 7,502;
2018/2019 = 8,161;
2017/2018 = 7,715;
2016/2017 = 9,352;
2015/2016 =10,171;
2014/2015 = 9,817;
2013/2014 =10,355;
2012/2013 = 9,838;
2011/2012 = 9,188;
2010/2011 = 14,102;
2009/2010 = 6,097;
2008/2009 = 14,452;
2007/2008 = 25,720;
2006/2007 = 24,174;
2005/2006 = 28,117.

Figures exclude people who have visited a museum for the purposes of paid work or academic study. Data can be found under table E1 in the source's Excel sheet.

This statistic uses original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0